I’m a travel freak and a golf freak, so in 1990, I had this idea to combine them for Sports Illustrated. I told them I’d like to go play the 18 most unforgettable holes in the world. Not just that, I’d play them in order—the most unforgettable first hole, the most unforgettable second, etc., and by the end, I’d have a score for playing the whole unforgettable enchilada. ▸ Get this: They let me. ▸ I went around the world in three weeks, doing nothing but playing golf. Starting in Denver and—note to Flat Earthers—always flying east, I went to New York, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, Dubai, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, Hawaii, Los Angeles and back to Denver. At every stop, they couldn’t wait to show me the hole they…